Welcome to , the home of Army Aviation since 1957 Army Aviation Centre and one of the busiest military airfields in the UK. Located on the A343 Middle Wallop between Andover and Salisbury, Middle Wallop boasts the largest grass Stockbridge airfield in the UK and has a long and proud history. Today it's where the Army Air Corps train their pilots, communications specialists and Hants groundcrew. SO20 8DY As well as teaching over 900 military students per year the Army

Aviation Centre has around 350 permanent military and Civil Service personnel and over 400 contractors. As well as a fleet of helicopters consisting of Apache, Bell 212 and Gazelle, and the Grob Tutor aircraft used for basic flying training, Middle Wallop is also home to the Historic Army Aircraft Flight and the . As an MOD Civil Servant at the Army Aviation Centre, you will work alongside other civilians and military personnel and be a part of the team that keeps the in the air.

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Job Description: Army Aviation Centre - Vehicle Mechanic Job Application Procedure

FOLDHERE Complete your application online ahead of the closing date. Please Carry out inspection, repairs, modification, testing and overhaul of a ensure you complete all sections of the form. Copy the contents of your wide range of complex vehicles and plant equipment as a member of CV into the CV template provided, ensuring that you remove your name the Unit Repair Section (URS). and address. If we receive a high number of applications for the role you are applying for, then we will sift against what you have put in 'desirable Key Areas of Responsibility past experience and skills'. The recruitment team will acknowledge your application and advise you of sift/interview outcomes. Carry out servicing, fault finding, repair, modifications and inspections on the vehicle fleet and complex electrical and mechanical equipment Salary and Benefits such as airfield refuelling tankers. Interpret and apply current MOD and Joining the Civil Service opens a whole world of career and Equipment Standards regulation and policy, using established development opportunities across government with a range of support principles, methods and experience to make engineering judgements to help you meet your full potential. without supervision. Appointment Terms: All new civil servants must pass a 6-month probationary period. Ensure compliance with URS processes (as contained within the Salary: The starting salary for the post is as per the Job Advert. Engineering Management System (EMS)) and uphold the highest Pension: You will be eligible for the Civil Service Pension Scheme. standards of equipment care as detailed within the Unit Equipment Care Scheme details can be found at www.civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk Directive (UECD). Leave allowance: Generous annual leave allowances, starting at 25 days and increasing to a maximum of 30 days after 5 years’ service. We Help with the development of local policy documents (such as the EMS, also offer eight days Public/Bank Holidays. UECD) when required and provide technical support and advice to the Nationality: To be eligible for employment you must be a national from Equipment Support (ES) Commander, internal sub units, contractors one of the following: UK, Republic of Ireland, The Commonwealth, and senior officers. European Economic Area (EEA) Member State, Switzerland, Turkey. For further information on whether you are eligible to apply, please visit Liaise with outside agencies to gain clarification on technical issues as www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rules. necessary and apply the priorities as set by the ES Commander to Security clearance prioritise own work. If successful at interview and before you start, the recruiting department

will undertake background security checks (the level required is as per Use technical knowledge to improve equipment reliability. the Job Advert). As part of this, they will need to confirm your identity,

employment history (or education details), nationality and immigration Carry out the duties of Lifting Equipment Examiner or Lifting Equipment status, and criminal record (unspent convictions only). Security Record Keeper as authorised by the Engineering Officer. clearance cannot commence until you have been continuously resident

in the UK for the following periods immediately before applying for the Carry out all aspects of mandatory training including and undertake role: BPSS – 3 months, CTC – 3 years, SC – 5 years. CPD (Continuous Professional Development) to maintain currency of www.gov.uk/national-security-vetting-advice-for-people-who-are-being- trade competence. vetted.

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